TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia最新文献

Shape-shifting and Strategic In/visibility: Comparing Sex Work Activism in Singapore and the Philippines 形变与战略内/可见性：比较新加坡和菲律宾的性工作活动

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2024-01-10 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.13

Sharmila Parmanand

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Reappraising the Narrative of Dato Mogul and Singora's Early History 再评拿督莫卧儿的叙事与辛格拉的早期历史

TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.11

Benjamin J.Q. Khoo, Graham H. Dalrymple

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“Keeping Condition”: Gender Ambiguity and Sexual Citizenship of Queer Male Thai Classical Musicians “保持状态”:泰国男酷儿古典音乐家的性别歧义与性公民

TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-11-13 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.12

Nattapol Wisuttipat

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Postcolonial Pessimisms and Alternative Spatial Practices: Critical Interpretation of the concept of the Third Space through the Case of Fatahillah Square, Indonesia 后殖民悲观主义与另类空间实践:对第三空间概念的批判性解读——以印尼法塔希拉广场为例

TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-10-09 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.10

Junyoung Park

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Contextualising Statelessness: Contingent Citizenship and The Politics of (non)Recognition in Thailand 情境化无国籍:泰国偶然的公民身份和(非)承认的政治

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-09-04 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.7

Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul

{"title":"Contextualising Statelessness: Contingent Citizenship and The Politics of (non)Recognition in Thailand","authors":"Janepicha Cheva-Isarakul","doi":"10.1017/trn.2023.7","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1017/trn.2023.7","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The legal evidentiary approach to “solving” statelessness can sometimes lead to the issue being framed in terms of certain groups of people not meeting objective citizenship criteria or lacking required legal documents. Building on critical interdisciplinary scholarship in anthropology, history and legal studies, this article demonstrates the “constructedness” of citizenship and statelessness through the lens of the politics of recognition and documentation. Using Thailand as a case study, I highlight how global economic, political and social contexts play a significant and dynamic role in delineating the legal line of membership. By tracing how Thai nationality has been instrumentalised by the state throughout the twentieth century, this article contextualises statelessness as a legal and social by-product of statemaking. As such, it challenges the framing of nationality as a non-discriminatory mode of recognition founded in legal objectivity and reiterates the politics of statelessness. In emphasising the fragility of citizenship when granted without genuine social, political and moral recognition, I argue that the objective of statelessness advocacy should not simply be about turning stateless persons into citizens, but rather about creating a more equitable society wherein one's rights are upheld regardless of legal status.","PeriodicalId":23341,"journal":{"name":"TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia","volume":"2 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.8,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76642734","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Ayutthaya's Seventeenth-century Shi‘ite Muslim Enclave: A Reassessment 大城府17世纪的什叶派穆斯林飞地:重新评估

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-09-01 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.8

Christopher M. Joll

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The Power of Everyday Networks in Nation-Building: The Case of Inter-Ethnic Friendships in Singapore 日常网络在国家建设中的力量:以新加坡种族间友谊为例

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-08-23 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.9

Vincent Chua, E. Tan, M. Mathews

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Muslim Women Against Feminism: The Family Love Alliance (Aliansi Cinta Keluarga) and Its Impact on Women's and Sexual Rights in Contemporary Indonesia 穆斯林妇女反对女权主义:家庭之爱联盟及其对当代印度尼西亚妇女和性权利的影响

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-07-10 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.6

Afifur Rochman Sya'rani

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Twisted Civility: Comparing Courtesy, Coercion and Shaming in Southeast Asian Cities and Beyond 扭曲的文明:比较东南亚城市及其他地区的礼貌、强迫和羞辱

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-06-13 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.5

Asmus Rungby, Erik Harms

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Land Control, Coal Resource Exploitation and Democratic Decline in Indonesia 土地管制、煤炭资源开采与印尼民主衰落

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TRaNS: Trans -Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia Pub Date : 2023-05-23 DOI: 10.1017/trn.2023.4

Iqra Anugrah

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